Kristen Michael, DO
Family Medicine · Bessemer, ALNPI 1982970232
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,027 payments — averaging $15.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- GSK$1K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$976
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$898
- plus $7K from 43 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$15,93899%
- Education$891%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
How this compares
$16,027 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,680 family medicine providers in Alabama.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 80 | $102,247 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 79 | $93,551 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 75 | $82,286 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 72 | $80,456 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 96 | $80,155 |
| EliquisApixaban | 73 | $65,637 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 44 | $50,497 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 58 | $48,795 |
| Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl | 19 | $40,453 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 56 | $36,553 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 24 | $33,446 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 32 | $21,406 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 28 | $20,132 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 27 | $18,330 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 34 | $18,255 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $829 | $195,799159 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr, Spiriva Respimat | $976 | $128,129102 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Vraylar | $1,914 | $83,94268 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $2,461 | $82,28675 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $1,007 | $80,15596 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $1,756 | $76,466114 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $492 | $65,63773 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $93 | $36,55356 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $75 | $18,33027 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Dexilant | $898 | $3,59712 claims |
| Shire North American Group IncMydayis | $16 | $3,48711 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 1,680 family medicine providers in Alabama.
Other family medicine in Bessemer
- Andrew PoseyBessemer$170K
- Michael VaughnBirmingham$9.9M
- William NixonGuntersville$7.1M
- Randall QuinnCullman$5.4M
- Matthew CaldwellAthens$4.1M
- Michael CarterHuntsville$3.4M
- Howard RubensteinSaraland$3.3M
- Randle MiddletonHuntsville$3.3M
- Aaron KarrSheffield$3.1M
- Nidal MorrarFoley$3M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.